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UnfortunateSexFart posted:As covid numbers spike, Vancouver sells its one downtown hospital (and my birth place) to condo developers for $1 billion. Think of the value taxpayers just got
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Sep 21, 2020 00:54
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starkebn posted:Think of the value taxpayers just got speaking of, rbg ruled that its legal to eminent domain a property and sell it to a corporation
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Sep 21, 2020 00:57
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starkebn posted:Think of the value taxpayers just got Sure, a moderate investment from the city/province/parliament could have had it up and running in some capacity, but now think of the private ROI!
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Sep 21, 2020 01:24
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inferis posted:speaking of, rbg ruled that its legal to eminent domain a property and sell it to a corporation Queen
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Sep 21, 2020 03:41
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Just saw that CSI episode last night.
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Sep 21, 2020 04:42
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Crosspostin' Finally, all the job security and benefits of an Uber driver, with all the warm fuzzy feelings that you're making a difference that come with being a goddamn repo guy.
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Sep 21, 2020 16:37
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that startup is definitely gonna get people murdered lol
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Sep 21, 2020 17:11
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i can't wait for the story about how people showed up to the wrong address and said "gently caress it" and "got to work" throwing some random person's poo poo out on the street "oh, it was NORTH market street? not SOUTH market street?"
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Sep 21, 2020 20:43
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Shame Boy posted:Crosspostin' Getting really close to the Westworld Season 3 thing where there's just a big pool of criminals for hire on an app.
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Sep 21, 2020 20:54
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Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneak_King quote:Burger King's creative control over the game impacted its development defined as a set of rules. The first rule was that there was only one King character. In response, the developers had the idea of the Xbox avatars playing the game and finding the crown to become the King. This idea was rejected by Burger King who said players could not become the King. The developers' next idea was to have one person be the King and the other players lay traps to interfere with his deliveries, but this idea was again rejected by Burger King because the King could not be exposed to any danger. With the usual hazards and competition elements of the video games removed, the developers decided upon a stealth format with no human opponents. "Okay so here's our idea, multiple Kings are-" "No. There is only one Burger King. There can only be one Burger King." "o...kay... so what if the players are all trying to become the one King, and" "No. You cannot become the Burger King. The Burger King is The Burger King." "Alright so... there's one King... and he has to get past traps and..." "The Burger King must not be hurt or inconvenienced in any way, he is the Burger King."
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Sep 22, 2020 03:48
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quote:In order to better capture the accuracy and authenticity of the King's movements, the King was flown to Britain for motion capture for the game's production. Blitz Games' Edward Linley described Sneak King as the riskiest game concept of the project because it "is the appearance and antics of the King himself that give the game its humor and life; without him, the game simply wouldn't work. Until we had the finished King model and motion capture in the game, we couldn't be certain the concept would gel. Fortunately, the moment he went in, we knew we had created something truly unique." "Alright we've got the prototype game here, have a look." "That does not appear to be the Burger King, where are his loveable Burger King Antics, this is unacceptable. We will send you the real Burger King and you will put him into your computer so it will be accurate."
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Sep 22, 2020 03:51
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Shame Boy posted:Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: lmao quote:Kate Macarthur of Advertising Age noted that, "Burger King's Sneak King video game for Xbox may not have won rave reviews, but gamers still bought more than 2 million copies."  
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Sep 22, 2020 04:01
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Shame Boy posted:Crosspostin' I'd say "get a job, then don't do it and obstruct any coworkers you meet" but the real capitalism.png is it costs $35 a month up front to apply
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Sep 22, 2020 04:03
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Just dox the CEO and put their home up for eviction
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Sep 22, 2020 04:08
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Shame Boy posted:Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: Of course not, these executives have seen movies. "Look if people get the idea there can be multiple Burger Kings then we'll just be legitimizing competition. Pass." "No, you can't become the Burger King, some kid in 30 years with a giant burger chain will say in an interview that they wanted to become the next Burger King from seeing the idea in a childhood game and we aren't going to give that little rear end in a top hat the inspiration to compete with my brother's nephew's son." "No, the Burger King can't be inconvenienced, that's the symbol of our corporation and we can't have the meme that we'll ever be anything but effortlessly awesome in the public consciousness. Haven't you ever played a Forza? They don't model cosmetic damage for the same reason. Donezo, nerd."
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Sep 22, 2020 04:11
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https://twitter.com/BadFoxGraphics/status/1308241417190486016
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Sep 22, 2020 04:16
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Shame Boy posted:"Alright we've got the prototype game here, have a look." "Alright, when is he supposed to show up?" "The Burger King will come at night, to each of you, as you sleep. It is done." "...not to the, uh, office?"
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Sep 22, 2020 04:32
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What if the burger King was a cannibal who molded His meat into a horrifying simulacra of the human form, eating sentient burgers endlessly as one part of Him rots away, millions, trillions of cows dying in horrifying conditions until animals no longer provide enough and He begins to need the flesh of man, loyal subjects long ago seduced by His corporation's mind control videogames, like Kafka meets Dead Souls.
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Sep 22, 2020 04:44
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Shame Boy posted:Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: One; The King needs to be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine. Two: Whenever The King is not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's The King?"
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Sep 22, 2020 04:45
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Mameluke posted:I'd say "get a job, then don't do it and obstruct any coworkers you meet" but the real capitalism.png is it costs $35 a month up front to apply Get the job, then show up at the eviction site with pamphlets full of tenant protection laws, the contact information for tenant legal aid and the local Tenants' Union, and the paperwork you need to fill out to get eviction forbearance due to COVID.
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Sep 22, 2020 05:20
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Antonymous posted:One; The King needs to be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine. lmao Also speaking of, sorta: https://twitter.com/lukeisamazing/status/1308250055669878790?s=09
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Sep 22, 2020 05:29
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Wrong thread capitalism bad
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Sep 22, 2020 06:09
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majestic and regal as the leonine king of beasts, the burger king approaches an unsuspecting consumer. he is one with the hunt,serene in his sovereign knowledge of his the innermost desires of his subjects. but he must reign as a hawk amongst lesser birds, lest his majesty startle the timid, lesser beings over which his suzernity is absolute. they must be shown how much they want his product, need it inside them. yes. you want this. my meat. my firm, whole grain buns. the most royal of sauces. just another step closer... anyhow its amazing how a board of ceos can carefully massage a brand into the loving creepiest poo poo Hodgepodge has issued a correction as of 06:59 on Sep 22, 2020 |
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Sep 22, 2020 06:55
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Alobar posted:i can't wait for the story about how people showed up to the wrong address and said "gently caress it" and "got to work" throwing some random person's poo poo out on the street this happened many times after the 2008 real estate collapse
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Sep 22, 2020 10:10
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Yeah I definitely remember stories of people being evicted because of either mistaken address or in some cases the bank just foreclosed even if they didn't own the mortgage
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Sep 22, 2020 15:49
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https://www.10tv.com/article/news/i...20-b4a77d849f78 an example of someone being foreclosed by accident
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https://www.10tv.com/article/money/...fa-5af3f128567d this one is worse: the bank's thugs apparently didn't look at the address and threw out some random person's stuff. when she asked for compensation the shitbag bank president gave her a hard time and demanded to see receipts for everything in the house (which would have been thrown out with everything else). they quite literally burglarized her house and told her to gently caress off
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Sep 22, 2020 16:15
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Shame Boy posted:Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: This is pretty standard for marketers who've joined their own brand cult. Some car manufacturers won't license to games because they don't want them to be driven fast. Or they won't license them to a game with realistic damage because then the cars won't be pristine forever. Everytime I see Don Jr I say it like Khan in King of the Hill and it hits much better.
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Sep 22, 2020 19:09
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skooma512 posted:This is pretty standard for marketers who've joined their own brand cult. Yeah I think they mention that Burger King used "the Forza games aren't allowed to have body damage!" as reasoning. Which is a real shame because we could have had a game where the king can be exploded into thousands of gibs.
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Sep 22, 2020 19:19
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Shame Boy posted:Friend just made me aware of this masterpiece: I played all 3 of these when they came out. Sneak King really was bad. The weird thing was the other two Burger King games, a racing game and a bumper care arena game, were actually pretty fun considering them being given out with a value meal. It's funny that they messed up the game that was most centrally branded. If I recall correctly, it was also the one they pushed the most in the commercials.
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Sep 22, 2020 19:28
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Shame Boy posted:Yeah I think they mention that Burger King used "the Forza games aren't allowed to have body damage!" as reasoning. Exception: The Burger King should NOT under any circumstances, be lead to a guillotine. He was given dominion over burgers by God and - hey wait where are you taking me?
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Sep 22, 2020 19:30
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wilderthanmild posted:I played all 3 of these when they came out. Sneak King really was bad. For some reason I vaguely remember the racing game but none of the other ones, despite definitely being in the target demographic for this whole thing (of "stoned teens") back in like 2006, which is real weird.
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Sep 22, 2020 20:05
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Sep 22, 2020 20:26
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I knew of those games but I did not know how invested in the king they err
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Sep 22, 2020 20:27
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Sep 23, 2020 00:54
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It was better up thread with simpsons memes between slides
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Len posted:It was better up thread with simpsons memes between slides Also the one with the simpsons memes was a tweet I got in on the ground floor of so my reply to it got a whole lotta likes 
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